Policy

Do not show recent apps when the mouse is pointing to the upper-left corner of the screen

Microsoft Windows

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Do not show recent apps when the mouse is pointing to the upper-left corner of the screen
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Windows Components > Edge UI
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows81, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting allows you to prevent the last app and the list of recent apps from appearing when the mouse is pointing to the upper-left corner of the screen. If you enable this policy setting, the user will no longer be able to switch to recent apps using the mouse. The user will still be able to switch apps using touch gestures, keyboard shortcuts, and the Start screen. If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, the recent apps will be available by default, and the user can configure this setting.

Internal name
DisableRecentApps
Policy ID
473e5b9dbfb8
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
User
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EdgeUI
Value name
DisableRecentApps
REG_DWORD
HKCU
1
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · User
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EdgeUI
Value name
DisableRecentApps
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

This policy has no additional user input fields.